Afterward, the six members of Moonlight Boys returned to their dorms dejectedly. Urged by their aunt, they quickly washed and turned off the lights. In the darkness, no one spoke. None of the members knew if anyone else was asleep; the dorm felt quiet for a long time.
After a long while, Fan Yao finally uttered a sound, muttering quietly, "Zuo Jiashi, could you please stop tossing and turning on my upper bunk?"
This time, Zuo Jiashi didn't turn over, but instead poked his head down from the upper bunk.
Shi Haoxuan, who was sitting opposite him, also sat up.
Everyone tentatively asked others, only to find that none of the six people in the dormitory were asleep, so they secretly had a night chat in the dormitory.
"Ah, I know I've been slacking off lately." Wang Jiazhen was the first to admit his mistake. He'd always been known as a good student and a good boy, both at school and at work. But now, Su Yin, directly expressing her disappointment with their practice results and publicly showing them a video of him slacking off, publicly reprimanded him, made Wang Jiazhen feel particularly uncomfortable. He'd never slacked off much before, so this time, he was just hoping for a little break, enjoying the feeling of laziness, when Su Yin caught him.
He still doesn't dare to recall how he felt when he stood in front of Su Yin. After returning to the dormitory, he washed up and lay down for a long time before he could recover.
Hearing his dejected tone, Zuo Jiashi leaned over to comfort him: "Don't be so dejected. It's just that Sister Yin has high expectations of us. Isn't it okay to just practice hard from now on?"
Shi Haoxuan sat on his bed, propping his chin on his hand. "What Sister Yin said makes sense. Ever since we became famous, many entertainment companies have launched trainees and groups around our age. They also film our daily training and dormitory life, as well as live performances."
"There are a lot of people behind us waiting to overwhelm us, so we really can't relax. We've been a bit reckless lately, and it seems we have lost our sense of crisis."
The dormitory was silent for a while. When they thought about the members of the new idol groups who were similar to themselves and might still be practicing, thinking about completely replacing and surpassing them, several members felt a shudder all over their bodies, immediately became alert, and began to regret.
Just now, in front of Su Yin, they were more concerned with the fear, covering up, and trying to get over it, similar to how children feel when they make mistakes in front of their parents. Now, alone with the six of them, calmly thinking about Su Yin's words and their own thoughts recently, they began to slowly experience panic, self-blame, and anxiety.
After a while, Zuo Jiashi suddenly asked, "Are you familiar with the trainees who came in later? Do they work this hard every day?" It was already midnight, and so many people were still practicing. By the time they got back to wash up, it would be one or two in the morning. If... some of them stayed up a little later, he couldn't imagine how much sleep these people got.
Yin Haoran turned over and muttered, "Yes, I've heard that many of them are super hardworking." Moreover, he knew that several of them had won awards in national street dance competitions, and some had attended professional art schools since childhood, and their training hours were much longer than theirs.
Even as a trainee in the company, he still works so hard.
In the dorm, everyone's mood grew even more dejected, and they even felt the urge to return to the training room and practice a few more times. It was so frustrating! It felt like if they didn't seize every minute and second to practice and improve, they would be overtaken!
However, Yin Haoran suddenly jumped out of bed and shouted in defiance, "We won't give up! Sister Yin must still love us!" His sudden movement and loud voice startled the other five people in the dormitory. Fan Yao quickly crawled over from the bed next to him and covered his mouth.
At that moment, five people in the dormitory shouted in unison, "Keep your voice down!"
Yin Haoran was covered in the mouth by Fan Yao, and then slapped on the head. He didn't dare to speak loudly anymore, but he couldn't help but add: "I'm not wrong. Why are you hitting me? You should admit defeat."
"Puff!" Shi Haoxuan and Fan Yao couldn't help laughing. Fan Yao climbed directly onto Yin Haoran's bed, strangled him, and then couldn't help but jokingly said, "Yin Haoran, of course we won't admit defeat. We hit you because you were still talking so loudly at this late hour. Besides, why are you talking so disgustingly? And you're Sister Yin's favorite!"
It was heard that Yin Haoran didn't care about his complaints at all. Instead, he said more shamelessly: "I am disgusting. If you have the guts, give up your seat and let me be Sister Yin's darling." Then he started to play with Fan Yao who made fun of him on the bed.
Fan Yao couldn't help but laugh and tease him: "My dear, you are even more disgusting!"
They quarreled for more than a minute before Wang Jiazhen suddenly whispered, "I also want to be Sister Yin's favorite... sweetheart."
The dormitory suddenly fell silent for a moment. Fan Yao snorted and stopped arguing with Yin Haoran. They were too embarrassed to say it out loud, but they all wanted to be Su Yin's favorite artist.
In the dormitory, Wang Jiazhen continued to whisper, "Although I was criticized today, I am convinced. I am sad because I am lazy and lack the ability. I am sad that Sister Yin is disappointed in me."
"Two years ago, who could have imagined we'd be where we are today? No matter how much fans praise me or what others say, I know deep down that without Sister Yin, I wouldn't be who I am today. Even if I worked five or ten times harder than I do now, I wouldn't have as many fans and people who like me as I do now."
Normally, although the members all get along well, they rarely open up their hearts and truly discuss their inner thoughts like they did tonight. So, everyone stopped joking around and fell silent, listening to Wang Jiazhen.
"I think everyone has remembered our debut performance on Grape Video. Afterwards, we were woken up in the middle of the night to record a video and then went back to sleep. Even though the microphones were turned off, we were still clueless. Sister Yin stayed up all night for days to silence those who doubted us, and she even made the two songs on the album even more popular."
Wang Jiazhen's voice was soft, and in the darkness, no one could see his expression. But his face as he spoke surfaced in everyone's mind, and those lovely, round eyes must have sparkled.
"There are still many things to come. We have been following Sister Yin from the beginning until today."
"That's why I like Sister Yin the most. She's strong, gentle, professional, and warm. Nothing can stop her. Whenever I see her, I feel so safe. I just follow the direction she points me and there's nothing to fear!"
"I also want to be as amazing as her and bring strength to others!"
"Is this - the meaning and power of being an idol? I really hope that one day I can realize this wish." After saying this, Wang Jiazhen secretly swore to himself in bed that he would never be lazy again and would never let her and his fans down.
The dormitory was quiet for a while. Everyone seemed to be thinking about something but no one spoke.
Just when the members thought that the evening talk had ended, Zuo Jiashi suddenly spoke again, and he asked about two names that had not been mentioned by the members for a long time: "By the way, does anyone know how Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo are doing now?"
"Why bring up those two traitors?" Fan Yao complained uncomfortably, turned over and prepared to go to sleep. Instead of bringing up this topic, he might as well go to bed early and attend classes and train well tomorrow.
Chi Xuyao, who had been silent until then, finally joined the conversation. "They debuted as a group, released a new album, and then, it seems, they went to film a movie." Previously, he had the closest relationship with Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo among the six. After receiving the offer from another company, his family was indeed tempted, but hesitated for a few days and even went to school to privately discuss whether he should go along. However, they ultimately declined, not for any other reason, but primarily because they were timid. Su Yin had left a deep impression on him and his parents.
She is so capable, is he really going to betray her and leave the company...and can the company that poached him really handle everything as promised?
In the end, his parents simply couldn't bring themselves to take the plunge. After discussing their son's situation at the company, which was very good and attentive to him, they decided not to be so greedy and take such a risk. He decided to work under Su Yin, a young woman who would surely treat him well. So, they declined the offer.
Later, Chi Xuyao's family couldn't help but secretly pay attention to the development of Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo's escape.
After hearing how their own company negotiated and made Man Jie and Zhu Zhuo, as well as Tiancheng Entertainment, the company that poached them, pay the liquidated damages, the whole family was terrified for a long time. While they were thankful that they were timid at the time, they were also a little worried that the company would find out about their family members' contact with the outside company, and that it might even prevent Chi Xuyao from making his debut or even cause him to be banned!
However, after Chi Xuyao successfully debuted and his life and work in the group continued as normal, Chi Xuyao and his family gradually relaxed. After going through this period, they also began to truly settle down in Yuexiang Entertainment and followed Su Yin, not daring to waver in the slightest.
After hesitating for a moment, Chi Xuyao added, "I don't know whether they're good or bad. It seems the contract they signed with their new company was quite demanding. However, they did receive a lot of resources, and after releasing their album, they immediately joined the crew to film a movie. We still have to see how the movie they finally filmed is received."
"Without any systematic formal training or long-term training, don't you have any idea of what kind of acting you can do? Do you really think being an actor is easier than being an idol? Do you think they are the reincarnation of movie kings?" Shi Haoxuan couldn't help but complain on the bed.
The career paths these two had taken after leaving also made Shi Haoxuan incredibly determined. He decided to stay at Yuexiang Entertainment. So what if it was a big company? So what if it could make movies? Without considering the artist's actual situation and future development, fans and ordinary audiences wouldn't buy in, and everything would be in vain. He hadn't expected that the bosses of those so-called big entertainment companies couldn't even compare to Su Yin's vision and career planning for her artists.
They're idols, but they haven't even been fully trained yet. Their popularity stems from their singing, dancing, stage presence, and constant growth. Even if they're just students, you can imagine they've been on set for months without any exposure, their training gone to waste. And when they're paired with professionally trained, or incredibly talented, experienced actors, what kind of splash can they make?
Shi Haoxuan has even thought about it. Even if he gets old in the future and can no longer sing or dance, or wants to do something else, or is replaced by someone else, he will ask his boss for advice and then plan his own route. This will definitely be more reliable than being given random orders and arrangements by others.
"Stop talking! Go to sleep!" A sudden knock on the door startled the six members. The security guard's voice came from outside the door. The security guard, who was on night patrol, noticed that they were still chatting in the dormitory so late at night and quickly asked them to stop chatting.
No one dared to make any more noise and quickly shut their mouths.
The night was already deep, and the exhausted members soon fell asleep. They would wake up early tomorrow and use their available time to practice and improve themselves! They hoped that those who liked and cared about them would not be disappointed again!
On the other side, most of the trainees that the Moonlight Boys members had just been taken to see also began to pack up their things and prepare to go back to the dormitory to rest.
In the boys' practice room, a trainee was about to leave with the rest of the group when he couldn't help but glance back at the few people left behind. He felt a little resigned, but his body couldn't take it anymore, and he really didn't want to practice anymore.
This group of trainees practiced from morning till night, their days packed with classes. Even at night, they had free time, but everyone chose to practice relentlessly, leaving little time for rest. Even more frightening was that several of these trainees were already among the best of the current batch, consistently ranking at the top of Class A's assessments each month, yet they practiced even harder than the average trainee.
Just like the four trainees left in the classroom, three of them are the top performers in Class A. From the perspective of the other trainees, these three have practiced very well, truly impressive. I wonder what they're still practicing or working on.
At the beginning, some trainees watched these people practice so late every day, and followed them to practice until they set a time. However, after practicing for too long, most people gave up and returned to their original practice and rest time in despair.
Many people also came to Yuexiang Entertainment Company as trainees and truly saw what it meant: the most terrifying thing in the world is that people who are better than you work harder than you.
Elsewhere, in the girls' training room, several other female trainees were also practicing. Each of them focused on their own tasks, recalling the problems and areas for improvement the instructor had pointed out over the past two days, and gradually correcting them, ensuring perfection in every repetition. Having achieved perfection once, they sought to ensure success the next time, until their minds and bodies had fully mastered the technique, even reflexively executing the most beautiful movements and producing flawless singing.
Qi Zhi, Fu Ning, and Lan Leyi are widely considered the most talented female trainees at the company. Qi Zhi and Lan Leyi have both been singing and dancing since childhood. Despite the recent downturn in the idol market, a few entertainment companies are still developing singers and dancers, or trying to recreate classic idol groups inspired by the success of popular girl groups from years past.
Qi Zhi and Lan Leyi were successfully selected by two entertainment companies and trained for two to three years as a singing and dancing female singer and an idol girl group, respectively. Tragically, although Qi Zhi was arranged to debut by the company, due to the company's lack of resources and the failure to find the right artist positioning, she was unemployed as soon as she debuted. After participating in two programs on relatively niche local TV stations, she failed to make any waves. Lan Leyi, on the other hand, hadn't even debuted yet when her company collapsed due to lack of funds...
This time, the two were able to successfully enter Yuexiang Entertainment Company. Their goals were consistent and absolutely determined, and they must make their debut successfully!
There are really not many opportunities left for them, and they really have no way, and do not have that much time or opportunity, to keep changing jobs and trying again.
Although Fu Ning has never been a trainee, she started practicing dancing at a very young age and has a strong foundation in dance. Later, because of her hobbies, she taught herself RAP and songwriting. When she was still a little girl, she had gained considerable fame in the local dance circle. The staff of the Artist Recruitment Department of Yuexiang Entertainment Company saw a video of her dancing outside with the members of the dance club on the Internet and fell in love with her at first sight. She has a cool and beautiful appearance, but she dances with her own energy. She was invited to an interview soon.
After Fu Ning joined the company, he was promoted to Class A in a short time due to his extraordinary talent in dancing and RAP and strong strength. Especially after receiving more systematic training in the company, his strength in other dance and singing also improved rapidly.
In fact, although Fu Ning likes dancing, rap, and the screams and praises of a large group of people surrounding her and watching her performance, she just looks at them coldly with their eyes shining at her.
But before this, she herself had no idea about being an idol.
I received an interview invitation from Yuexiang Entertainment Company completely unexpectedly. My dance club mates urged me to give it a try. And I got in?
Then she heard about the free systems, professional instruction, free room and board, and a salary. Every day was just a way to do what she loved, and the best players could even debut as big stars. Those guys who weren't as talented as she was a few years ago now have millions of fans in this company.
After Fu Ning went back, she thought about it and felt that these conditions sounded pretty good. Seeing the dance club members getting excited and envious of her after hearing the news, she walked in casually.
In reality, Fu Ning later decided she didn't want to train so hard. Aside from the two hip-hop dance styles she already knew and the rapping skills she had, she needed to relearn everything else, starting from scratch to catch up. However, Fu Ning appeared to be a cool, aloof beauty, seemingly unconcerned with anything, as if she could excel at anything.
In reality, Fu Ning was a very self-respecting and competitive person. She'd assumed she'd be a highly regarded talent among the trainees and teachers at the company, but upon entering, she discovered numerous all-around talent and exceptionally talented individuals like herself who were specialized in a particular area... She'd even heard that the boys had several veterans who had won national and provincial singing and dancing competitions. Everyone was training incredibly hard, with no idea which of them would debut, or how many would make it.
She was stunned for a moment. Although her appearance showed no change, she was actually very panicked inside.
What's wrong with this elimination system? What's wrong with these people who only sleep five or six hours a day? Could it be that I've been left behind so soon after joining? How could this be possible? She had promised the members of the dance club and even boasted at home that someone with such super talent like her would definitely debut as a star.
Well, she had to stay up late with them. She absolutely couldn't lose face and the battle! If others stayed up late, she had to stay up late too. There were some things she hadn't learned systematically, so she had to study them till she died.
Even though Fu Ning later gradually caught up with the progress of Class A and no longer had to work as hard as when she first came in, Fu Ning still maintained extremely long and high-intensity training every day.
Because she can't lose!
When will I be able to end this kind of life! Fu Ning, who was practicing while secretly watching the other three trainees, cried in his heart with a cold and expressionless face, when will I be able to become a big star?
This trainee originally came in on a whim, but he seems to be becoming more and more determined.
What had initially been a somewhat vain pursuit of bragging rights gradually became clearer and more pure: being an idol is not only a beautiful and glamorous profession, but also a powerful, real person who brings endless motivation and hope to others. Despite the fierce competition, she seemed to be beginning to become like many others: she wanted to debut!
With everyone's efforts, the end of the year is approaching soon. The entertainment industry has begun its final sprint at the end of the year, and various activities are being intensively prepared.
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